Daniel O'Neill. an aging engineer takes an afternoon off to work off frustration and tension. He stumbles on a woman who is selling a Future Generator which looks like an elaborate globe capable of projecting a holographic image. He takes the globe home. That night he interacts with the hologram which offers to fulfill three wishes. O'Neill wants to change the Government to one that reflects his values and he wants to end uprisings in the Middle East. In quick order the President and VP die in surreal events. But there is a price for each. The price for wish #3 is cataclysmic.